The owner of an Ormond Beach area tow company and his employee are accused of stealing personal property out of a towed vehicle and then stripping the vehicle.

James Pascarelli, 64, owns AA Accurate Towing Company and sheriff's deputies said he allowed his employee Kirk Luckett, 52, to take personal items from a vehicle that had been in a crash and was towed last month.

When the owner went to retrieve property from the vehicle, the victim found it stripped, according to officials.

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Investigators said Pascarelli told them the property wasn't fenced and someone must have come in after hours. He later said he found some of the stolen property in nearby woods, but deputies said the duo were in on the scam.

Both are facing charges of grand theft and giving false information to law enforcement.